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Income Taxes
3 Months Ended
Apr. 29, 2017
Current Income Tax Expense (Benefit), Continuing Operations [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The provision for income taxes is based on the current estimate of the annual effective tax rate and is adjusted as necessary for quarterly events. The Company’s quarterly effective tax rate does not reflect a benefit associated with losses related to certain foreign subsidiaries.
For the first quarter of 2017, the Company’s effective tax rate was 20.6% compared to 34.6% in the first quarter of 2016. The first quarter 2017 rate was lower than the Company's combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the recognition of excess tax benefits recorded through the income statement on stock options exercised in the quarter. In the first quarter of 2017, the Company adopted the new share-based compensation standard that requires prospective recognition of excess tax benefits in the income statement when awards vests or are exercised. The first quarter 2016 rate was lower than the Company’s combined federal and state statutory rate primarily due to the resolution of certain tax matters.
As of April 29, 2017, any unrecognized deferred income tax liability resulting from the Company's undistributed foreign earnings from non-U.S. subsidiaries is not expected to reverse in the foreseeable future; furthermore, the undistributed foreign earnings are permanently reinvested. If the Company elects to distribute these foreign earnings in the future, they could be subject to additional income taxes. Determination of the amount of any unrecognized deferred income tax liability on these undistributed foreign earnings is not practicable because such liability, if any, is dependent on circumstances existing if and when remittance occurs.
Income taxes paid were approximately $15 million and $227 million for the first quarter of 2017 and 2016, respectively.